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New Orleans Honors 19 Lives in Jazz Funeral Tribute

5/30/2025

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On Saturday, New Orleans will pay tribute to 19 Black individuals whose severed heads were returned from Germany after more than 150 years. Dillard University President Monique Guillory called for justice and remembrance. A jazz funeral will honor their lives, shedding light on a painful legacy of racism in medical research, with their remains resting at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial.

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On Saturday, New Orleans will pay tribute to 19 Black individuals whose severed heads were returned from Germany after more than 150 years. Dillard University President Monique Guillory called for justice and remembrance. A jazz funeral will honor their lives, shedding light on a painful legacy of racism in medical research, with their remains resting at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial.